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BLUE PHANTOM

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A popular album among european psych and prog collectors, Distortions was in fact released in Italy in 1971, along with a single, by a group of unknown studio musicians and later released in other european countries, among which England.
Both album and single appeared in Italy on Vedette subsidiary Spider label, and were composed (under his nickname Tical) and played by Armando Sciascia.

An entirely instrumental album that shows some influences from late 60's psych sounds.

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LP
Distortions	Spider (VSM 38543)	1971	single cover
	AMS/BTF (AMS 05LP)	2008	reissue of the above
CD
1971 - Raccolta completa	Giallo (SAF 010)	1998	reissue of Distortions with 1 extra track
SINGLES (with picture sleeve)
Uncle Jim Diodo	Spider (VRN 34106)	1971	side B from Distortions
PROMOTIONAL AND JUKEBOX SINGLES (with blank sleeve)
Diodo	Vedette (VRN 34111)	1971	juke box white label single taken from Distortions - backed with Fuzzy Farrell/Love needs love

Distortions is a very rare album that was never reissued in Italy on vinyl before the 2008 AMS label edition, nor counterfeited (at least in its italian issue, see below).
The LP has a single cover and was issued by the small Spider label, owned by Vedette.
The only official CD reissue so far, on Giallo, is long deleted. It contains an extra track, Uncle Jim, taken from single.

Foreign issues came out a year later in the UK (on Kaleidoscope KAL 101, more common than the italian pressing and with different cover) and France (entitled Distortions pop on the Sonimage library label, no.SI 801, credited to H.Tical). 
A counterfeit exists of the english version, with a laminated cover identical to the original, but it's easily identifiable by the white label (original label is yellow).
A CD reissue (probably a bootleg), was issued in 1997 on the Golden Classics Rebirth label with the UK version artwork.

Thanks to Alos for scans and information, and to Chris McLean for information on the 1997 CD.